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Dan Walker, 1240 WWCO Waterbury CT | 1979

By Steve West March 23, 2023

Contributor Angello Vecchiarelli is an archivist of Waterbury and Naugatuck Valley radio stations. There is a page for Waterbury area stations on Facebook which includes WATR, WNVR, WNAQ and WWCO. Look…

Dan Ingram, MusicRadio 77 WABC New York | April 10, 1979

By Steve West September 23, 2022

From Contributor Frank Davis comes this unique 'almost disco' recording of MusicRadio 77 from April 10, 1979. Legend has it that WABC went Disco for one week. Well, first off,…

1020 AM Los Angeles Dave Sebastian The Real Don Steele Charlie Tuna Jackson Armstrong M.G. Kelly KFVD KPOP KTNQ KGBS

Jackson Armstrong (John Larsh) & the Gorilla, 1020 KTNQ Ten-Q Los Angeles | January, 1979

By Steve West August 12, 2021

Graciously donated to airchexx by Big Apple Airchecks, here is more of the BEST of Jackson Armstrong (John Larsh). Recorded on a long cassette featuring one side with fellow Ten-Q…

102.1 Springfield WAQY Wacky 102 Rock 102 Glen FM Stevens Jim Kaye The Big Tuna Bax & Obrien Rock 102

Rick Kelly & Glenn “FM” Stevens, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 Springfield Mass. | December, 1979

By Steve West January 1, 2021

**LISTENING LINKS FOLLOW DESCRIPTION BELOW** Over the years, it's been increasingly difficult to obtain recordings of the old Top 40 station that preceded WAQY's Classic Rock format. Known as "Wacky…

1520 AM Buffalo WKBW WWKB Danny Neavereth Al Bandiero Chuck Lakefield Jay Fredericks

Al Bandiero on WKBW 1520 Buffalo | January 28, 1979

By Steve West December 26, 2020

**LISTENING OPTIONS FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION BELOW** Of all the recordings I kept over the years, only two have survived from the 70s. The first is a Chicago "Greatest Hits" cassette…

Harry Nelson on 68 WRKO Boston | Summer 1979

By Steve West December 21, 2020

Credit, once again, our good friend Matt over at Big Apple Airchecks for this look at Boston's legendary 68 WRKO! No I can't give you an exact date on this…

KFRC Station Composite, 610 KFRC San Francisco | 1979

By Ellis Feaster November 20, 2020

There are some radio stations that are considered legendary. WABC New York, WLS Chicago, KHJ Los Angeles, and I think KFRC San Francisco would be in that category. It was…

“New Is…” Jingles, from Newsradio 88 WCBS New York | 1979

By Ellis Feaster October 12, 2020

If you are a radio geek (and if you were not, you probably wouldn't be here) you have probably had a radio jingle package get stuck in your head over…